C56 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Yurdansky Attack
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.d4exd44.Bc4Nf65.O-ONxe46.Re1d57.Bxd5Qxd58.Nc3Qa59.Nxe4Be610.Bg5h611.Bh4g512.Nf6+Ke713.b4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Yurdansky Attack278 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Qf582%22841%
Nxb49.4%2640%
Qxb46.5%180%
Qb51.4%450%
Qb60.7%20%
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From the archives
The Italian Game is in the Göttingen manuscript and Polerio's notebooks — chess players have been putting the bishop on c4 for more than four centuries. It fell out of top-level fashion for decades, then returned as a main weapon of Carlsen and Caruana, proving the oldest plans still bite.
- Family
- Italian Game
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C56
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nf6+ Ke7 13. b4
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